Pompilinae, Latreille, 1805

Waichert, Cecilia, Rodriguez, Juanita, Von Dohlen, Carol D. & Pitts, James P., 2012, Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic, Zootaxa 3353 (1), pp. 1-47 : 22

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253417

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A9185567-9B12-FFB1-92FE-FCDE4AE91AC0

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Pompilinae
status

 

Key to the Pompilinae of the Dominican Republic

Females

1 Pronotum with collar not well differentiated from disc; streptaulus absent medially and collar on nearly same plane as disc ( Fig. 8A View FIGURE 8 ), or if on lower plane streptaulus absent altogether; pronotum longer than mesonotum ( Fig. 8A View FIGURE 8 ); eyes sometimes wholly covered with short setae.......................................................................... 2

- Pronotum with collar separated from disc by complete streptaulus; disc sloping upward strongly from collar; pronotum shorter than mesonotum along midline, or at least not notably longer ( Fig. 8B View FIGURE 8 ); eyes never setose........................... 5

2 Fore wing with three radial sectors; front femora not swollen ( Fig. 8A View FIGURE 8 ); integument black with bluish tomentum ( Psorthaspis Banks View in CoL )............................................................................................. 3

- Fore wing with two radial sectors; front femora usually swollen; integument black with red markings ( Fig. 8C View FIGURE 8 ) ( Drepanaporus Bradley View in CoL )........................................................................................... 4

3 Fore wing translucent, with a broad, dark maculation covering the first radial 2 cell............ Psorthaspis naomi (Smith) View in CoL

- Fore wing uniformly dark.................................................... Psorthaspis hispaniolae Bradley View in CoL

4 Eyes setose; 2m-cu vein of fore wing interstitial or slightly distal 2r-m vein ( Fig. 2H View FIGURE 2 ) … Drepanaporus antillarum (Bradley) View in CoL

- Eyes with or without vestigial setae; 2m-cu vein of fore wing not interstitial with 2r-m vein ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ).............................................................................................. Drepanaporus collaris (Cresson) View in CoL

5 Postnotum arcuately broadened on each side of median line, then constricted again opposite to propodeal spiracles ( Fig. 8D View FIGURE 8 ). .................................................................................................... 6

- Postnotum transverse band with nearly parallel margins, or broadened at midline ( Fig. 8G View FIGURE 8 )........................... 7

6 Metasomal tergum l, and usually parts of propodeum and mesosoma, bearing scale-like pubescence ( Fig. 8E View FIGURE 8 ); integument black on mesosoma and metasoma........................................ Episyron conterminus cressoni (Dewitz) View in CoL

- Body without scale-like pubescence; integument black with yellow markings on mesosoma, and dark brown with yellow stripes on metasoma....................................................... Poecilopompilus mixtus (Fabricius) View in CoL

7 2m-cu vein of fore wing arising on cubital vein much more than half distance from base of second medial cell to outer wing margin ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 ); apical tergum not densely bristly; front with blunt tubercle between and slightly above antennal sockets ( Fig. 1I View FIGURE 1 ).............................................................. Tachypompilus ferrugineus bicolor (Banks) View in CoL

- 2m-cu vein of fore wing arising on cubital vein about half or somewhat less than half distance from base of medial cell to outer wing margin ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ), or if somewhat more than half (some Anoplius View in CoL ) then apical tergum densely bristly; front without blunt tubercle............................................................................................ 8

8 Propodeum bearing distinct, more or less conical processes posterolaterally ( Fig. 8F View FIGURE 8 ); body patterned with silvery and darker pubescence................................................................... Aporinellus medianus Banks View in CoL

- Propodeum not produced posterolaterally into sharp, conical processes; body not patterned with silvery and darker pubescence ( Anoplius Dufour View in CoL ).................................................................................... 9

9 Integument black without bluish pubescence; metasoma red.................................................. 10

- Integument black with bluish pubescence; metasoma black................................................... 11

10 1cu-a vein of fore wing meeting M+Cu vein slightly beyond origin of M vein ( Fig. 2G View FIGURE 2 )......... Anoplius hispaniolae Evans View in CoL

- 1cu-a vein of fore wing meeting M+Cu vein at origin of M vein ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 )....... Anoplius americanus ambiguus (Dahlbom) View in CoL

11 Front basitarsus weakly spined, spines in upper row minute ( Fig. 8H View FIGURE 8 )....................... Anoplius fulgidus (Cresson) View in CoL

- Front basitarsus bearing four comb-spines slightly longer than width of tarsus at their base ( Fig. 8I View FIGURE 8 ).................................................................................... Anoplius amethystinus amethystinus (Fabricius) View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

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